Open Source Rufus Alternatives
Rufus is described as 'Easily format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc'. There are more than 50 alternatives to Rufus for various platforms. The best alternative is UNetbootin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Rufus are balenaEtcher (Free, Open Source), YUMI (Free, Open Source), dd (Free, Open Source) and MultiBootUSB (Free, Open Source).
- Cross-platform tool to create bootable USB drive or create Live USB drives with built-in downloader for Linux ISO images and rescue disks. View 46 alternatives to UNetbootin
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Kandi Easy to use. Supports a huge variety of platformsdoes not do UEFI mode does not recognize external hdd/ sdd does not do windows bootable drives and have issues even with some linux distros does not do multiple booting images on single driveFast, easy to use and in a few clicks you're good to go - balenaEtcher is a free and open-source image burner with support for Windows, macOS and GNU/Linux. It makes USB and SD card image burning as simple and fast as possible. View 44 alternatives to balenaEtcher
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Cannot select between gpt and mbr partition stylesDo not work with Windows ISOs on Linuxetcher is better than most image burners i have used. - YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Installer), is the successor to our MultibootISOs. It can be used to create a Multiboot Bootable USB Flash Drive containing multiple operating systems, antivirus utilities, disc cloning, diagnostic tools, and more. View 37 alternatives to YUMI
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- Windows
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- WineBottler
DiGiTaL_CORE YUMI now has (albeit alpha) support for UEFI. I have yet to need anything while making multiboot USBs. I love the fact I can make a single partition bootable without having to reformat my entire EHD.Multiboot abilities that are useful in making a useful debugging bootable usbHas moltiboot option, persistent file with ubuntu, windows to go with other distros in the same USB - Command-line utility for Unix and Unix-like operating systems to convert and copy a file. View 23 alternatives to ddNo screenshots yet
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It's the only one that seems to be able to create BSD flash drivesConsidering this has been developed since 1974, it is very good at what it does.allows use of the command line - Cross-platform utility for creating live Linux distro multi-boot USBs nondestructively. View 34 alternatives to MultiBootUSB
Discontinued
Last release is from April 2018.
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NickFreeman support for multiple live linux distros - Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO files. View 34 alternatives to Ventoy
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ATShields934 Allows you to easily create a multiboot drive by simply formatting a flash drive with the software and adding the .iso files. Incredibly simple to use, but a major breakthrough in simple boot drive making.Mat3o It creates separete partitions for booting, so you can use your USB drive as regular pendrive. Ventoy's boot menu list all iso which you place on the drive, it's the most flexible solution I've used.Multiple ISO image files on one drive - Universal USB Installer is a Live Linux USB Creator that allows you to choose from a selection of Linux Distributions to put on your USB Flash Drive. View 33 alternatives to Universal USB Installer
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- Windows
checholin Very simple and easy to use. Supports Persistent Linux.It is complete, with all you need, to put an OS in yur USB - WoeUSB is a simple tool that enable you to create your own usb stick windows installer from an iso image or a real DVD. It is a fork of Congelli501 s WinUSB. View 18 alternatives to WoeUSB
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- Linux
Simple to use, even my grandma could figure it out, Not that she'd need to flash a iso to a USB.Perfect! It is the only one on linux that make bootable usb for windows iso files. Simple and easy to use.Well maintained and simple to use, it gets the job done - LiLi USB Creator is a free software for Windows that allows you to create a bootable Live USB key with a Linux on it. View 36 alternatives to LinuxLive USB Creator
Discontinued
The program seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 2.9.4, released in September 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website. The project has officially been abandonned on December, 22nd 2020 (announcement on their blog).
- Free • Open Source
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- A utility that can write a raw backup image of your hard drive to a removable device or vice versa. View 31 alternatives to Win32 Disk Imager